Paper folding box



Jully W, W23.

Filed Auk. 10 1922 ATTORNEY hit) Patented duly l7, i923.

SAMUEL BERGSTEIN, OF MIDDLE-TOWN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO INTERSTATE FOIJDING BOX COMPANY, OF MIDDLETOWN, OHIO.

PAPER ronnine Box.

Application filed August 10, 1922. Serial No. 580,839.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BnRos'rEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middletown, in the county of Butler and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Folding Boxes and the like, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in paper folding boxes,having particular reference to boxes especially adaptable to contain candy, all kinds of small confections and toilet articles, as soap,-etc.

As here shown, the improved folding box is formed from a one-piece blank, of a suitable design to effect the minimum of waste in cutting the raw stock, and which is adapted to be formed into the finished box entirel by automatic machine operations, thus e iminating hand operations and re sulting in a cheaper and better article.

Wnle the box as here shown is very similar in appearance and general arrangement to a well-known type of folding box, it has the distinguishin characteristics above referred toforme from a onepiece blank of novel design-which has the further novel feature of requiring only a single gluing or pasting operation to unite the coacting parts of the assembled box which tends furto simplify and improve the construction.

In the accompanying drawings the distinguishin characteristics of the improved box are il ustrated in a preferred form of construction,-these features being defined in the ap ended claims.

In the rawings;

Fi 1 is a diagrammatic view illustratr ing t e design of the paper blank for forming the box, and the manner of cutting the blanks from the raw stock to minimize waste of material;

Fi 2 is a view illustrating the semb ed and folded fiat;

Fig. 3 is a View illustrating the box opened ready to have the bottom tucked in;

Fig. ll is a view of the box closed, and

Fig. 5 is a view of the box in cross-section illustrating the foldings of the blank and the reinforced construction.

The blank for forming the box, as here shown consists of parts -1 and 2 for the sides of the box, arts 3 and i for the ends, a flap -5 o part -2 which overbox as laps and is glued or pasted to the coacting I end 6 of part 4 when the parts are brought together and joined one to the other; parts 3 and 4 are each provided with a flap 7 having scalloped edges --7 which give an artistic finish to the box and contents when the box is opened,-the flaps also acting to reinforce the lid against pressure of the contents when the box is closed; part 8 which forms the bottom of the box, parts 9 and 10 and part 11 whlch are tucked in the box as the bottom is assembled therein and serving res eotively to reinforce the ends and one side t ereof; and part 12 and -13 which form the lid of the box, part 13 being a flap adapted to be tucked in the box on the side opposite part --11 thus acting to further reinforce the construction,-a notch or finger opening 14 being formed in part --1 to provide for convenient withdrawal of flap 13 in opening the box.

From the foregoing detailed description and the illustrations, it will be observed that the paper blank for the box is formed of a single piece which is out from the sheet wlth the minimum waste of material, and that only the single juncture of parts -5 and --6 requires a gluing or pasting operation to assemble the box; the construction being simple and inexpensive, and the box as a whole being of substantial constructlon and having a good appearance.

Having described my invention, 1 claim:

1. A paper foldin box, consisting of a one-piece forming bl ank comprising parts arranged end to end one with another in a strip, the opposite ends of the strip being adapted to be joined one to the other to form the sides and ends of the box, the top and bottom of the box being open, a part at-- tached to one of said side parts, extended laterally at right angles thereof, and having opposite longitudinally extended flaps and a laterally extended flap adapted tobe folded and tucked in one of said openings to form the bottom of the box and to reinforce the ends and one side thereof, and a part attached to the other of said side parts, extended laterally at right angles thereof, oppositely of said bottom part, and havin a laterally extended flap adapted to be folded and tucked in the other ofsaid openings to form the top of the box.

2. A paper folding box, consining of a tit! INN)

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one-piece forming blank comprising parts arranged end to end one with another in a strip, the opposite ends of the strip being adapted to be joined one to the other to form the sides and ends of the box, the top and bottom of the box being open, an ornamental part attached to each of saidfend parts, extended laterally thereof and adapted to be folded over the open top of the bozg, and a part attached to one of'said side parts, extendedlaterally at right angles thereof, and having opposite longitudinally extended flaps and a laterally extended flap adapted to be folded and tucked in one of said openings to form the bottomof the box and to reinforce the endsand one side thereof, and a part attached to the other of said side parts, extended laterall thereof,'oppositely of said bottom art, and having a laterally extended-flap a apted to be folded and tucked in the other of said openings to form the top of the box.

In testimony whereof,I afiix no signature.

SAMUEL BER STEIN.

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